Going Under

Element · 02-21-2011, 10:43 PM

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After the storm, Element had spent a lot of time recuperating - hunting, trying to dry the books; anything that the sable-shaded feline could do to take his mind off of the discovery of Flower's killer. It had been a woman named Halo, Halo Lykoi, a coyote that had stolen the beautiful, bright life from his beloved Flower like it had been nothing but a fly on the wall or a mouse scurrying through the bushes. Rage had flowed through Element that day; he had read about seeing red and had thought that red symbolized anger, but that day, he realized that he was wrong. That day, ugly, black rage had pulsed through Element, coursing through his veins like a thick, sickly black tar, tainting his blood with fury. He had not seen red, but black, as though his entire world had been washed of color and his only target was her.

Element had seen depths that day, hidden depths that he had not known were contained within him. The ebony feline had known the song of joy, the emptiness of despair, the gravity and sheer force of love, and now he knew the black, blinding mind-control that was pure rage. He had attacked the woman without a second thought - the memory, the mirage, the sweet, honeyed scent of Flower allowed him to do nothing different - he had attacked her without hesitation, without regard for her obvious strength, skill, and swords that were concealed in their sheaths. The only reason he was there, contemplating in the Halifax library that was his dwelling, was because of Sepirah Lykoi, who had saved him from the murderer.

It was a strange thing, that. Two Lykois - one had stolen life without regard, and would have done it again, and yet another saved him from the coyote and his own blindness. Element never thought he would utterly lose control like that - and yet, he had, even if it was for a sake as righteous and justified as it was. He had never thought that he would meet the murderer of his love and life, and then be saved by another of the same last name. Two of the same family, yet of very, very different personalities and morals.

The ebony feline now sat on his window ledge, staring outside; it was darkening. A day drawing to a close, just like another chapter of Element's life. He closed his eyes and sat serenely still, his tail wrapped around his body, his paws tucked underneath his chest, and his ears pricked forward; the very incarnate of muddled thoughts under a veil of peace.

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